The Tolkien Translation Game!

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New quote:
So what about horses? You haven't mentioned sending it back.
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Does this involve Bill the pony?
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No, we haven't met Bill yet.
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But it’s from LOTR?
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No, earlier.
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Is it before the team enters Mirkwood? Gandalf not sending Beorn's horse back?
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That's it! Can you provide the exact quote?
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"What about the horse, then?" said Thorin. "You don't mention sending that back."
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

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That's the one! Your turn!
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New quote.
But that's the only meaning: put one at the lowest point because you're most likely to slip.

I found that a cool shortcut for not typing a quote that I can't copy from Kindle is to take a photo of the page and let Google Lense extract text. :geek:
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Thats Sam to Frodo in the Emyn Muil.
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Yes. Can you post the quote?
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Here you go: "But it's only sense: put the one lowest as is most likely to slip."

This ones tricky. "You care about yourself, take me home and give you"
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Is the "take me home" part an accurate translation?
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Not exactly, but its not far off. The quote is three short sentences strung together.
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Is the first sentence some variation on "take care of yourself"?
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Nope! Maybe start narrowing this one down a bit? It is LotR.
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Is it said by -- or to -- a Hobbit?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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No, and Yes. (I feel like an Elf!)
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So said to Hobbit by a non-Hobbit?

Said by Gandalf?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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